Kuehnle v. Schromen

This is an action at law by plaintiff, a real-estate broker, to recover a real-estate commission on the sale of a house and lot sold by defendant-owner.

In August of 1959 defendant purchased on contract eight lots in Dubuque from the Schiltz Development Company. As a part of this sale defendant agreed to list the lots with plaintiff-realtor. This listing came about at the instance of the owners of the Development Company. They wished to assist Richard Schiltz, a real-estate salesman employed by plaintiff, to get started in the real-estate field. The owners of the Development Company were the…